Eric Mason earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, in 2017. He currently serves as the Director of Data Science at HawkEye360, Herndon, VA, USA, where he leads the development of new capabilities and products for space-based sensing, detection, identification, and tracking of RF emitters. From 2017 to 2021, he was a researcher at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the Tactical Electronic Warfare Division, conducting basic and applied research in signal processing, machine learning, and optimization for radar and electronic warfare applications.
Dr. Mason’s research has spanned multiple areas of radar and EW, centered on the view that cognitive RF systems are a unifying concept required for national security and defense applications in the RF spectrum. During this time, he led the US team in a successful multi-national collaboration to develop and prototype a cognitive EW system at the NRL. He continues in this spirit at HawkEye360 where he leads the development of the cognitive system that drives maritime domain products providing identification and tracking of emitters. He has published 20 papers in top conferences, journals, and text books; been granted one patent; and given dozens of invited technical talks at labs, universities, and government agencies.